To spirits bound in flesh that yet they love;
To give them notice of the things below,
Which we must wonder how they came to know,
Or known, would think of coming to relate
To creatures who are tried by unknown fate. 10
“Warning,” said Richard, “seems the only thing
That would a spirit on an errand bring;
To turn a guilty mind from wrong to right
A ghost might come; at least I think it might.”
“But,” said the Brother, “if we here are tried,